Economic Indicator January 2009 October 29, 2013 Change

Unemployed Americans 12 million 11.3 million -5.8%
Unemployment rate 7.8% 7.2% -7.7%
Workforce Participation
Rate 65.7% 63.2% -3.8%
Gas per gallon $1.84 $3.29 +79%
Federal debt $10.6 trillion $17.1 trillion +61%
Debt per person $34,731 $53,855 +$19,124
Food stamp recipients 32 million 47.7 million +49%
Home values $172,100 $199,200 +15.7%
Americans in poverty 39.8 million 49.1 million +9.3 million (+23%)
Health insurance premiums $13,375 $16,351 +22%
Misery index 7.8 8.7 +11.5


As I've heard many times by others, numbers don't lie. Is it Obama's fault? No, not evenhandedly. There are many to blame for the state our nation is in. We need to give Washington a good old fashioned enema.

I hear that there are more people on welfare that are working full time.

Dude, I don't know where you got those alleged "statistics", but there are two problems with them.

1. The price of gasoline per gallon was not under $2 when President Obama took office in January 2009. The price was roughly what it is now, if not higher.

2. Correlation does not equal causation.


(P.S. No, I am not a political supporter of President Obama.)

The only ones that really stuck out were the debt and debt per person and food stamp recipients. And I was living in New Mexico at the time Obama was elected gas was under $2 a gallon.